• IPA: /ˈmæɹtɪnɛt/
• IPA: /mæɹtˈnɛt/
• IPA: /mɑɹtɪˈnɛt/

martinet (plural martinets)

1. (military) A strict disciplinarian.
   • 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314 ↗, page 0105 ↗:

     Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile ; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.

2. (figuratively) Anyone who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or to forms and fixed methods or rules.

martinet (plural martinets)

1. A martin; a swift.